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>> reporter: well, scott, obama campaign officials tell me the president is not coming into this debate looking far slug-fest with governor romney. that he wants to have a substantive conversation. they think that benefits him. they say he looks at this debate sort of the same way he looked at his convention speech a few weeks ago as a way to reach a much larger audience of americans who are going to be tuning in and want to hear more about his plan specifically when it comes to the middle-class. so because so much of tonight's debate is going to be about the economy, they say we can expect a very frank assessment from him about where the economy was when he took office and what he's done to improve it. >> pelley: nancy, you mentioned the large audience. it's estimated more than 50 million americans will watch tonight. our chief political spore respondent jan crawford is traveling with the romney campaign. jan, same question to you: what does the governor have to do? >> reporter: scott, romney had one final meeting with his advisors and they're telling me he sees tonight as his chance t
>> reporter: well, scott, obama campaign officials tell me the president is not coming into this debate looking far slug-fest with governor romney. that he wants to have a substantive conversation. they think that benefits him. they say he looks at this debate sort of the same way he looked at his convention speech a few weeks ago as a way to reach a much larger audience of americans who are going to be tuning in and want to hear more about his plan specifically when it comes to the...
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. >> pelley: if anything's certain about the presidential debate tomorrow, it's debt and taxes. eoth are sure to come up. on taxes, the obama campaign says that if you run the numbers mitt romney's plan for cutting taxes just doesn't work. romney insists, of course, that ns does. so we asked wyatt andrews to dig wsto this. >> it's math. it's arithmetic. >> reporter: the president's basic claim is that mitt romney's tax numbers do not add up. that romney's promise to lower atx rates for all families can't be paid for without cutting popular tax deductions for puddle-class families. last week, the vice president was specific. >> the only way you can find $5 trillion in loopholes is cut the mortgage deduction for middle- class people. >> reporter: romney argues that rater rates will stimulate the economy and he is emphatic the middle-class will not pay. >> i will not under any circumstances raise taxes on middle-income families. dd reporter: romney's plan starts by lowering tax rates 20% for everyone. it's a major tax cut that the non-partisan tax policy center says will cost the f
. >> pelley: if anything's certain about the presidential debate tomorrow, it's debt and taxes. eoth are sure to come up. on taxes, the obama campaign says that if you run the numbers mitt romney's plan for cutting taxes just doesn't work. romney insists, of course, that ns does. so we asked wyatt andrews to dig wsto this. >> it's math. it's arithmetic. >> reporter: the president's basic claim is that mitt romney's tax numbers do not add up. that romney's promise to lower atx...
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the consulate attack was barely mentioned last night at the foreign policy debate between president obama and mitt romney. we asked 500 uncommitted voters whom they believe won. they chose the president 53% to 23%. 24% said it was a tie. with the election just two weeks from today the race moves into its final sprint and we have reports tonight from our campaign 2012 team. first, nancy cordes covering the president. nancy? >> scott, the president signaled his closing arguments today. he's going to argue for the next two weeks that the most important issue in this campaign isn't foreign policy, it isn't even the economy, it's trust and that only one candidate has earned it. >> the person who leads this country, you've got to have some confidence that he or she means what he or she says. >> reporter: in delray beach, florida, the president argued governor romney has hidden his true positions for political gain. >> you know what? that's not leadership that you can trust. and, florida, you know me. ( cheers and applause ) you can trust that i say what i mean. >> reporter: the president has be
the consulate attack was barely mentioned last night at the foreign policy debate between president obama and mitt romney. we asked 500 uncommitted voters whom they believe won. they chose the president 53% to 23%. 24% said it was a tie. with the election just two weeks from today the race moves into its final sprint and we have reports tonight from our campaign 2012 team. first, nancy cordes covering the president. nancy? >> scott, the president signaled his closing arguments today. he's...
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lack of experience, you'll remember, is a complaint republicans had about candidate obama. and there's the question also of policy. during the primary campaign, governor romney said arizona's much-debated immigration laws were a model for the nation. senator rubio said last week they should not be a model. >> pelley: john, we were talking earlier about some other people that you thought romney might consider for vice president. what have you found out? >> one of the men who would fit that bill is senator rob portman from the bellwether state of ohio. they was director of the office of management and budget under george bush. another, virginia governor bob mcdonnell, he is a 21-year army veteran. virginia is one of the top four states romney folks point out is crucial to them. then finally we have governor jeb bush, former governor of florida. he was popular when he left office. he said he would consider running if he was asked then having opened the door a wee bit tried to slam it shut immediately saying the doubts that kept him running for the presidency would almost certa
lack of experience, you'll remember, is a complaint republicans had about candidate obama. and there's the question also of policy. during the primary campaign, governor romney said arizona's much-debated immigration laws were a model for the nation. senator rubio said last week they should not be a model. >> pelley: john, we were talking earlier about some other people that you thought romney might consider for vice president. what have you found out? >> one of the men who would...
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it all started right after that debate performance, scott. the old obama campaign might have made little mention of this speech. >> pelley: nancy, thanks. relief may be near for californians paying record high gas prices. there were record low temperatures in some parts of the nation. and it's the beginning of a new chapter in space when the "cbs evening news" continues.in a r j.d. power and associates has ranked quicken loans "highest in customer satisfaction in the nation." call or go to quickenloans.com to discover for yourself, why we're engineered to amaze. because it helps you keep doing what you love. no wonder it's america's #1 selling pain reliever. you took action, you took advil®. and we thank you. tomato, obviously. haha. there's more than that though, there's a kick to it. wahlalalalallala! smooth, but crisp. it's kind of like drinking a food that's a drink, or a drink thaa food, woooooh! [ male announcer ] taste it and describe the indescribable. could've had a v8. [ male announcer ] taste it and describe the indescribable. tho
it all started right after that debate performance, scott. the old obama campaign might have made little mention of this speech. >> pelley: nancy, thanks. relief may be near for californians paying record high gas prices. there were record low temperatures in some parts of the nation. and it's the beginning of a new chapter in space when the "cbs evening news" continues.in a r j.d. power and associates has ranked quicken loans "highest in customer satisfaction in the...
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the obama campaign is looking to biden to stop the momentum mitt , mney has enjoyed since the debate in denver, which governor romney was widely perceived to job is . ling.s job is to keep romney's al gallu rolling. today's national gallup poll of likely voters shows governor romney with a slender lead of one point over the president. of course, that's within the lly a tie.error so it's essentially a tie. tonight's debate is at centre college in danville, kentucky. nancy cordes and jan crawford danville. first we'll go to nancy, covering the vice president's campaign. nancy. >> reporter: scott the vice president arrived here in kentucky today after several days of intense preparation in his home state of delaware and several people there with him veld us the president's weak performance in his own debate didn't so much change the ndrategy as raise the stakes and they say the vice president is very well aware he needs to have a better night than the president did. tu recall when the president was preparing for his own debate, he called it a drag. clear thacampaign is making it very cl
the obama campaign is looking to biden to stop the momentum mitt , mney has enjoyed since the debate in denver, which governor romney was widely perceived to job is . ling.s job is to keep romney's al gallu rolling. today's national gallup poll of likely voters shows governor romney with a slender lead of one point over the president. of course, that's within the lly a tie.error so it's essentially a tie. tonight's debate is at centre college in danville, kentucky. nancy cordes and jan crawford...
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but above all of this sniping what this moment highlights is the central debate of this campaign. the president argues that the government needs to play a larger role, creating opportunity for people to improve the economy and romney says that what his business experience tells him, by rolling back the government and freeing the private sector, that's the best way to create prosperity. and he points to his own career at bain as proof of that. this is a fight to define mitt romney and the election. >> pelley: much more to come. john dickerson, thanks very much. that scandal involving u.s. agents and colombian prostitutes is expanding. we've learned today that three agents from the drug enforcement administration are being investigated for allegedly hiring prostitutes in cartagena. this incident is separate from the one involving secret service agents and members of the u.s. military, though it happened at the same time. now on to the facebook story. in the second day of trading, the most closely watched stock in america plunged. facebook debuted friday at $38 a share. today it clos
but above all of this sniping what this moment highlights is the central debate of this campaign. the president argues that the government needs to play a larger role, creating opportunity for people to improve the economy and romney says that what his business experience tells him, by rolling back the government and freeing the private sector, that's the best way to create prosperity. and he points to his own career at bain as proof of that. this is a fight to define mitt romney and the...